GRAVES, Alexander, a Representative from Missouri;
born in Mount Carmel, Covington County, Miss., August 25, 1844;
attended Centre College, Danville, Ky.;
at the outbreak of the Civil War joined the Confederate Army and served under Gen. N.B. Forrest;
paroled with him at Gainesville, Ala., in May 1865;
after being mustered out returned to college and was graduated from Oakland (later Alcorn) University, Mississippi, in July 1867;
studied law;
was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in June 1869;
was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Lexington, Mo.;
city attorney in 1872;
prosecuting attorney of Lafayette County, Mo., in 1874;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress;
continued the practice of law until his death in Lexington, Mo., on December 23, 1916;
interment in Machpelah Cemetery.